during his time as the city's archbishop. church documents suggest cardinal roger mahony knew priests were sexually abusing children. but went out of his way to protect the priests from prosecution. mahony spent several hours in a deposition on saturday, answering questions about the sex abuse scandal. a petition effort is underway to keep mahony from being allowed to vote for the next pope. >> san francisco celebreated the year of the snake is a big way. as chinese new year celebrations took center stage in san francisco saturday night. this is video of the grand finale of the celebration. the colorful dragon wrapping up the parade. there and shows us the spectacle of the largest new year celebration outside of china. >> reporter: thousands gathered on each side of kearny street to see the annual celebration of the chinese new year. it was a colorful and loud event that thrilled the young and not so young in the crowd. >> we just love coming out to see all the colors and the people having a good time. it's great. >> oh, i lo